Alex Jacob game 2.
Kathy Callahan — a student, volunteer and happy retiree from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Carlos Capellan — an IT manager from Queens, New York
Alex Jacob — a currency trader from Chicago, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $23,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex | $5,000 | $8,800 | $26,400 |
$26,400
2-day champion: $49,600 |
$18,800
26 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Carlos | $600 | $2,800 | $7,200 |
$5,999
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,800
18 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Kathy | $0 | $600 | $4,200 |
$8,395
2nd place: $2,000 |
$4,200
8 R, 3 W |
| COUNTRIES IN 3 WORDS | TRUE OR FALSE | BASKETBALL HALL OF FAMERS | '99 | BOTTLES OF BEER | ON THE WALL |
|
$200
[30]
South America's largest
Brazil
Alex
|
$200
[29]
Scammers can be indicted for the mail type of this, trickery used for profit
fraud
Carlos
|
$200
[18]
This 5-time NBA MVP & onetime Minor League Baseball non-MVP
Michael Jordan
Alex
|
$200
[26]
The troupe known as the Lord Chamberlain's Men was rehoused in this London theatre in 1599
the Globe
Alex
|
$200
[23]
It's a value brand as well as the name that follows "Anheuser"
Busch
Kathy
|
$200
[28]
Divided into 20 sections, it's often made of cork; take a shot!
a dartboard
Alex
|
|
$400
[11]
Capital at Kingston
Jamaica
Alex
|
$400
[21]
Constant in keeping one's wedding vows until you're an old geezer, or an "Old" geyser
faithful
Carlos
|
$400
[17]
This "Zen" master coach inducted in 2007
Phil Jackson
Alex
|
$400
[25]
In 1499 the Peace of Basel gave this confederacy its independence
the Swiss Confederacy
Carlos
|
$400
[22]
Tecate Light is the bestselling light beer in this country where it's brewed
Mexico
Kathy
|
$400
[27]
In the 1920s this Mexican artist painted his "Creation" mural for the Bolivar Auditorium
(Diego) Rivera
Alex
Carlos
|
|
$600
[2]
Also called Burma
Myanmar
Alex
|
$600
[20]
Confirmed as truth by acceptable evidence; on Twitter it's represented by a blue check mark for a celebrity
verify
Carlos
|
$600
[16]
This ex-76er, Sun & Rocket & current colorful commentator
Charles Barkley
Alex
|
$800
[9]
On Sept. 19, 1899 French President Emile Loubet pardoned this soldier
Dreyfus
Carlos
|
$600
[15]
Michelob has 4 ingredients: water, barley malt, yeast & these blossoms that flavor the beer
hops
Alex
|
$600
[5]
The name for this light holder is etymologically related to the word abscond
a sconce
Alex
|
|
$800
[1]
Western Tunisia adjacent
Algeria
Carlos
|
$800
[8]
Proverbially, this 7-letter word precedes "article" to represent a good example of a particular thing
genuine
Alex
|
$800
[7]
This legendary Lakers announcer who popularized the term "slam dunk"
Chick Hearn
|
DD
$1,000
[10]
Great idea--he decreed in 1699 that the new year would begin in Russia on January 1, not September 1
Peter the Great
Carlos
|
$800
[14]
This Miller brand whose name implies a swell time has been around since 1903
Miller High Life
Alex
|
$800
[4]
Fido knows Cassius Coolidge is credited with painting the first of these, like the one called "A Bold Bluff"
Dogs Playing Poker
Alex
|
|
$1,000
[3]
Formerly Gilbert Islands
Kiribati
Carlos
|
$1,000
[19]
When used before "up", this card-game word means to fabricate criminal charges
gin (or trump)
Carlos
|
$1,000
[12]
This late North Carolina coach who won 879 games
Dean Smith
Alex
|
$1,000
[13]
In 1999 this remote Himalayan kingdom became the last nation to get TV, when it was installed in Thimphu
Bhutan
Alex
|
$1,000
[24]
The bestselling Irish lager is the beer with this musical name
Harp
Alex
|
$1,000
[6]
In fresco painting intonaco is the final coating of this lime-y substance spread on a wall
plaster
Alex
Carlos
|
| BROADWAY DEBUTS | BOOK SYNOPSES | INTERNATIONAL LAW | WHICH BODY PART? | HEY, "BRO"! | EASTER ISLAND |
|
$400
[1]
2003 was a great year for this boy from Oz: he debuted in "The Boy from Oz" & hosted the Tony Awards
(Hugh) Jackman
Alex
|
$400
[29]
Presumed dead, Roger Chillingworth finds out his wife, Hester, has cheated on him
The Scarlet Letter
Carlos
|
$400
[28]
Refuge granted by a sovereign state, it can sometimes be sought in an embassy
asylum
Carlos
|
$400
[16]
Hepatitis:This organ
the liver
Kathy
|
$400
[19]
A cat might instinctively know to use the litter box so it doesn't need to be trained to be this
housebroken
Carlos
|
$400
[22]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Easter Island.) In 1888, this country annexed Easter Island, leasing the land for sheep-raising & later granted its inhabitants citizenship
Chile
Alex
|
|
$800
[11]
She made her Broadway debut in "The Boy Friend" in 1954; starring roles in "My Fair Lady" & "Camelot" were soon to come
Julie Andrews
Carlos
|
$800
[12]
The town of Chester's Mill is suddenly & inexplicably sealed off from the rest of the world
Under the Dome
Alex
|
$800
[5]
Read all about it! It's the delivery of a fugitive from another country specifically for a criminal offense
extradition
Carlos
|
$800
[17]
The anterior cruciate ligament:This joint
the knee
Carlos
|
$800
[20]
This word for a skewer comes from the French
brochette
Kathy
|
$800
[23]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Easter Island.) Moai, the giant stone statues that grace Easter Island, sit atop ceremonialpedestalsknown as ahus, that could also serve as these, celebrating important figures within
burial chambers
Kathy
|
|
$1,200
[10]
"I don't even like the theater!", said this 67-year-old sourpuss comedian about his 2015 bow in his own play "Fish in the Dark"
Larry David
|
$1,200
[13]
13-year-old Theo Decker steals a painting of a yellow bird from a museum
The Goldfinch
|
$1,200
[3]
The 1982 Law of the Sea says for these groupings, like Indonesia, water between islands is for all states' ships
an archipelago
Carlos
|
$1,200
[18]
Otitis media:This organ
the ear
Alex
|
$1,200
[21]
It's the food of the gods
ambrosia
Alex
|
$1,200
[24]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Easter Island.) The original Rongorongo tablets of Easter Island are now housed in museums around the world; replicashereon the island show this type of pictographic script that was used, though the meanings have been lost to time
hieroglyphics
Kathy
|
|
$1,600
[9]
Before "Wicked", she won a Theatre World Award for her role in the 1997 musical "Steel Pier"
(Kristin) Chenoweth
Alex
Kathy
|
$2,000
[7]
Jake Barnes, Lady Brett Ashley & some other friends go to Spain
The Sun Also Rises
Alex
|
$2,000
[6]
The United Nations defines "human" this-ing as the acquisition of people with the aim of exploiting them
trafficking
Alex
|
$1,600
[26]
Strabismus:Misalignment of these
the eyes
Kathy
|
$1,600
[27]
It's the type of rich textile seen here
brocade
Kathy
|
$1,600
[25]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Easter Island.) Easter Island is volcanic in nature, & walks along its craters will turn up this volcanic glass that also lends its name to a color
obsidian
Carlos
Kathy
|
|
$2,000
[8]
Diane Keaton debuted in the original 1968 run of this musical as an understudy to a member of the "Tribe"
Hair
Carlos
|
DD
$9,200
[2]
Harvard Law grad Mitch McDeere takes a job with a mafia-connected law partnership
The Firm
Alex
|
DD
$4,000
[4]
This reciprocal 2-word status exempts ambassadors from taxation as well as arrest in most cases
diplomatic immunity
Carlos
|
$2,000
[15]
Graves disease:This gland
thyroid
Alex
Carlos
|
$2,000
[14]
Cymbalta has been used to treat this disorder characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain
fibromyalgia
Kathy
|
$2,000
[30]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Easter Island.) The stone village of Orongo was the site of a yearly trial, where young men scaled down a cliff & swam through shark-infested waters to retrieve the egg of a sooty one of these birds
a tern
Carlos
|
The Caucasian Isthmus lies between these 2 large inland bodies of water
the Caspian Sea & the Black Sea